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Leader
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article.
(2):
(n.) One who goes first.
(3):
(n.) One having authority to direct; a chief; a commander.
(4):
(n.) A performer who leads a band or choir in music; also, in an orchestra, the principal violinist; the one who plays at the head of the first violins.
(5):
(n.) A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.
(6):
(n.) The principal wheel in any kind of machinery.
(7):
(n.) A horse placed in advance of others; one of the forward pair of horses.
(8):
(n.) A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground; a conductor.
(9):
(n.) A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc.; also, a line of gut, to which the snell of a fly hook is attached.
(10):
(n.) A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one.
(11):
(n.) One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor.
(12):
(n.) A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.
(13):
(n.) a row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Leader'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/l/leader.html. 1828.
